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A shooter targeted two young children at a Christian school in a rural area, before later dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California.
Authored by Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri
On Wednesday afternoon, a shooter targeted two young children, aged 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California. The authorities suspect the shooter took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a spokesperson from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials suspect that the shooter specifically chose to attack the school due to its connection to the Seventh-day Adventist faith, a branch of Protestant Christianity. Two male students are currently in a very serious condition with life-threatening injuries after the incident. They are receiving treatment at a trauma center in the Sacramento region, as stated by Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea during a press conference on Wednesday evening.
Around 1:10 p.m., law enforcement officials arrived at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, approximately 60 miles north of Sacramento, in response to reports of an active shooter made to 911. Megan McMann, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, provided this information.
Initial information indicated that the shooter arrived on campus with the intention of meeting with the principal to talk about enrolling a family member as a student. This meeting had been planned in advance. The sheriff mentioned that the meeting was friendly, but investigators are looking into whether the shooter used it as a trick to gain access to the school grounds.
Right after the meeting finished, the principal heard gunfire and screams, according to Sheriff Honea. It was believed that the students were not in the classroom at the time of the shooting.
Upon arrival, the officials discovered that the shooter, a man of legal age, was found deceased with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was located close to the man’s body. The authorities are currently investigating how the man came into possession of the firearm.
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